寄生

Chinese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

寄生

  1. to live as a parasite; to be parasitic
  2. (figurative) to live off others; to live by taking advantage of others

Noun

寄生

  1. (ecology) parasitism
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hermit crab

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
寄 生
き
Grade: 5		 せい
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) きせー [kìséé] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥se̞ː]

Noun

寄(き)生(せい) • (kisei) 

  1. (ecology) parasitism

Verb

寄(き)生(せい)する • (kisei suru) intransitive suru (stem 寄(き)生(せい)し (kisei shi), past 寄(き)生(せい)した (kisei shita))

  1. (ecology) to be parasitic

Conjugation
Conjugation of "寄生する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 寄生し きせいし kisei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 寄生し きせいし kisei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 寄生する きせいする kisei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 寄生する きせいする kisei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 寄生すれ きせいすれ kisei sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 寄生せよ¹
寄生しろ²		 きせいせよ¹
きせいしろ²		 kisei seyo¹
kisei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 寄生される きせいされる kisei sareru
Causative 寄生させる
寄生さす		 きせいさせる
きせいさす		 kisei saseru
kisei sasu
Potential 寄生できる きせいできる kisei dekiru
Volitional 寄生しよう きせいしよう kisei shiyō
Negative 寄生しない きせいしない kisei shinai
Negative continuative 寄生せず きせいせず kisei sezu
Formal 寄生します きせいします kisei shimasu
Perfective 寄生した きせいした kisei shita
Conjunctive 寄生して きせいして kisei shite
Hypothetical conditional 寄生すれば きせいすれば kisei sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean
Hanja in this term
寄生

Noun

寄生 • (gisaeng) (hangeul 기생)

  1. Hanja form? of 기생 (“parasitism”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
寄生

Verb

寄生

  1. chữ Hán form of kí sinh (“to be parasitic”).
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